Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2002.50.137
Title: Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi
Classification: Manuscripts
Work Type: manuscript folio
Date: 1561-1562
Places: Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Shiraz
Period: Safavid period
Culture: Persian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/146654

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Ink and gold on paper
Dimensions: 37 x 23.5 cm (14 9/16 x 9 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Christies, London, 17 October 1995, lot no. 79]. [Mansour Gallery, London, before 1998] sold; to Stanford and Norma Jean Calderwood, Belmont, MA (by 1998-2002), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2002.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art
Accession Year: 2002
Object Number: 2002.50.137
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: This text folio includes both poetry and prose written in nasta'liq script. The poetry is divided into four columns and is separated by colorful lines. The text concerns Mahmud of Ghazni, who was Firdawsi’s patron.

Published Catalogue Text: In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art , written 2013
74

Text folio
Recto and verso: text
Folio: 37 × 23.5 cm (149/16 × 91/4 in.)
2002.50.137

This text folio includes both poetry and prose written in nastaʿ līq script. The poetry is divided into four columns and is separated by colorful lines. The text concerns Mahmud of Ghazni, who was Firdawsi’s patron.

Mika M. Natif

Publication History

Mary McWilliams, ed., In Harmony: The Norma Jean Calderwood Collection of Islamic Art, exh. cat., Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2013), p. 223, cat. 74, ill.

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2002.50.137: Text (recto and verso), folio from a manuscript of the Shahnama by Firdawsi